* Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina yesterday defended the tender processes and costs with regards to its acquisition of chemical toilets. At a media briefing in Germiston, he told journalists the city had provided 39 000 chemical toilets to around 600 000 people, an increase from the 9 000 it had initially planned for in 2014. Masina said this had resulted in the budget increasing by up to R872m and not R1.9bn as reported. The increase in funds over time was also said to be no surprise and it happened in order to achieve the target of having five families using one toilet.